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(11) | EP 1 049 072 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | Graphical user interface and method for modyfying pronunciations in text-to-speech and speech recognition systems |
| (57) A method and user interface which allow users to make decisions about how to pronounce
words and parts of words based on audio cues and common words with well known pronunciations.
Users input or select words for which they want to set or modify pronunciations. To
set the pronunciation of a given letter or letter combination in the word, the user
selects the letters and is presented with a list of common words whose pronunciations,
or portions thereof, are substantially identical to possible pronunciations of the
selected letters. The list of sample, common words is ordered based on frequency of
correlation in common usage, the most common being designated as the default sample
word, and the user is first presented with a subset of the words in the list which
are most likely to be selected. In addition, the present invention allows for storage
in the dictionary of several different pronunciations for the same word, to allow
for contextual differences and individual preferences. |